Etiquette: What to Do, and How to Do It, By Ludy Constance Howard. (F. V. While & Co.)
How many men and women have marred excellent opportunities by an ignorance of what is due-to the company they may by chance find themselves thrown amongst? From time to time books on this very important subject of what to do, and how to do it, have made their appearance, and faded away almost as soon as they sprang into existence simply because the author was as much at sea on the matter, if not more so, then the readers. But here the case is quite reversed. Books by Lady B, or Lord C -- creations of the imagination, we presume -- are to be had; but once dip into the pages of such books, and it becomes evident that the aristocratic writers might have been Lord Anybody; for it is apparent they wrote of what they heard, not what they knew -- two very different things. Everybody is not born to the purple, and those who have a chance of setting their feet within the magic circle have, in possessing a copy of "Etiquette," an opportunity of acquitting themselves with some degree of success either at a dinner party, a ball, or other entertainment. One advantage of the present book is that the lady does not hide "behind a mom de guerre, but boldly declares her name as a guarantee of the value and genuine worth of her knowledge, which she wishes earnestly to impart to others; therefore the instructions in deportment, either at a ball or presentation at Court, can safely be relied on. The introduction is short, and crisply written, and interspersed with anecdotes and chatty examples. In the contents nothing has been passed over, however trivial the thing may be. Detail follows detail, and in such a terse and explanatory manner that, be the subject a cosy little dinner party or a banquet a garden party, a breakfast (dejeuner a la fourchette), &c., the novice will receive such kindly hints as will enable him or her, as the case may be, to feel tolerably easy. Dull must be the reader who could not pick up a certain amount of polish after a careful study of Lady Howard's work, which is penned with so pleasant and easy a grace as to obliterate any chance of weariness. In our opinion "Etiquette" is a safe guide to lean upon, and will be a help to those who are not accustomed to the ways of good society.
Etiquette: What to Do, and How to Do It, By Ludy Constance Howard.
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Table of Contents
Miracles of healing - Christian Miracles or Healing
History of Russia: Christian Versus Barbarian
History of Japan: Early Christian Martyrs
The Jesus of History
The Assyrian Origin of Devil Worshippers
The Christ Of Dogma
The early history of Constantinople
